2002 Volkswagen New Beetle Pros and Cons at TrueDelta: Owner Pros and Cons by jhamilt5

Ride smoothness

After nine years and 135,00 miles, this car still rode surprisingly well.

Handling

The steering remained precise and always felt good.

Front seat support & comfort

We had the leather seats and they too remained in excellent condition and comfortable, though very little support provided.

Feature availability

I liked the available options when we bought it new, too bad they all failed, broke or needed replaced multiple times.

Controls and instruments

Controls were cheap feeling, like power window buttons, door lock switch buttons, headlamp switch, turn signal stalk, etc.

Materials & workmanship

Not one thing held up.

Past personal experience

If we could have afforded to purge this car from our lives sooner, we would have! Every time I felt that maybe I was being negative, it would fail in some way and assure me that I was not wrong.